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F5, Inc. (FFIV) vs Gen Digital Inc. (GEN)

F5, Inc. and Gen Digital Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. F5, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $20.6B against $16.9B — 1.2× the size. Gen Digital Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.7× against 26.6×. Gen Digital Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.2% against 9.41%. F5, Inc. has the higher net margin (22.0% vs 20.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.6% vs 12.9%). Across the 22 metrics below, Gen Digital Inc. leads on 13 and F5, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric FFIV GEN Software Infrastructure median
P/E 26.64 16.75 26.96
P/S 5.80 3.44 2.98
P/B 4.98 6.57 2.95
Price to free cash flow 20.30 11.19 18.12
EV/EBITDA 20.58 9.60 16.85
EV/Sales 5.66 4.93 2.99
Earnings yield 3.75% 5.97% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 4.93% 8.94% 0.36%

Profitability

Metric FFIV GEN Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 81.87% 78.01% 59.48%
Operating margin 24.54% 41.68% 0.00%
Net margin 21.95% 20.73% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 29.30% 30.71% 0.79%
Return on equity 19.83% 41.94% 0.29%
Return on assets 11.23% 6.58% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 22.56% 12.91% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FFIV GEN Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.41% 20.16% 12.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.56% 52.43% 20.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.61% 14.41% 15.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 17.63% 11.92% 0.00%

Health

Metric FFIV GEN Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 0.00 3.07 0.02
Current ratio 1.66 0.47 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA (0.65) 2.98 0.05

Dividend

Metric FFIV GEN Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — 1.72% 1.04%
Payout ratio — 0.29 0.29

Size

Metric FFIV GEN Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 20.58b 16.88b 691.78m

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